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Friday, May 17, 2013  The commission working to preserve the culture of slave descendants on the Southeast coast is holding its quarterly meeting. The Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission meets in Conway.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Two men have been sentenced to prison for their guilty pleas in the stabbing death of the uncle of one of the men in Murrells Inlet.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Two men have been killed in a wreck near Conway.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  The parents of a 2-year-old Conway boy who grabbed a loaded gun and killed himself on Christmas Day are facing new charges.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Dolores Rainwater now wants to know why she was fired after she said a student hit her in the face.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A jet from Myrtle Beach has skidded off the runway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, but no one was hurt.

Friday, March 22, 2013  An inmate who walked out of a South Carolina jail more than a year ago has been captured in California.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Horry County Council will not get involved in a continuing legal fight over helicopter rides on the Grand Strand.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The state-owned utility Santee Cooper plans to enclose coal ash ponds at a closed power plant in Horry County with a cement vault to prevent contamination.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A man who worked as a substitute teacher at Aynor High School has been accused of having sex with a female student.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Conway police have charged a public defender for Horry and Georgetown counties with drunken driving.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A Conway teen has been charged with murder and attempted murder in a shooting that killed a 36-year-old man and injured another person.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A student at Coastal Carolina University has died after a shooting near the campus in Conway.

Friday, February 22, 2013  An environmental group has filed a complaint with a federal agency about pollution at a Santee Cooper plant in Conway.